Seeding-machine



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

G, W. OROSSLEY, J. W. STOUT & W. RIGDON. SBEDING MACHINE.

No. 518,835. Patented Apr. 24, 1894.

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G. W.'GROSSLEY, J.-W. STOUT & W. RIGDON.

SEEDI-NG MACHINE. No. 518,835. I

Patented Apr. 24, 1894..

UNITED STATES PATENT OF IC GABRIEL w. cRoss'L Ei JoHN wJsrour, ANDWILLIAM RIGDON, or HUMANSVILLE, MISSOURI.

SEEDlNG -MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 518,835, dated April24, 1894.

Application filed July 14, 1893;

mansville, in the county of Polk and State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Seeding-Machines,

of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to the class of seeders and planters andparticularly to a seeder, and its novelty will be fully. understood fromthe following description and claim when taken in connection with theannexed drawings; and the object of the invention is to provide aseeding machine of simple, cheap, and durable construction.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter fully described and set out in the claim.p

In the drawings formingpart of this application: Figure 1 is a top planView of the machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is asectional view taken on the line xw in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalsection of the rollers. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of theroller rings. Fig. 6 isa detached view of the feed shaft, and itsattachments enlarged. Fig. 7 is an inverted perspective view of theWedge shaped lever.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts throughout theseveral figures of the drawings.

The frame of, the machine consists of the side horizontal beams A, andB, and the central horizontal beam 0 these three beams are .united bythe front, rear, and central cross beams E, E, and E respectively, whichcompletes the frame. The roller shaft D is j ournaled upon each of thesaid horizontal beams, A and B and carries the rollers F, and F uponeither side of the central beam 0, so that the said central beamprojects between the rollers, outward, and joins the rear cross beam E,where the operators seat a is secured. Piv oted at each end to thehorizontal beams A and B, just beneath the said beam E, is a shaft 1),carrying the roller scraper c, and having a handle a. in reach of theoperator. The seed hopper G, is secured upon' the top of the Serial no.480,525. (No model.)-

middle cross beam, and just beneath the hopper in communication with itare secured the seed conducting spouts d, in close proximity to andbehind the plows 6, but without touching them. The plows e, are locatedbeneath the front cross beam E, and are secured to a piece f, pivoted ateach end to the horizontal beams A and B. 1

Secured near the central cross beam to the middle horizontal beam 0, isa standard H,

having a hand lever .g, pivoted thereto at h,

and its end projecting beyond the said pivot point h, to which is hung ahanger I. The ends of this hanger are secured to a rod K, and to thisrod K, two or more of the plows e are secured by links 1'. Each end ofthe rod K, is secured'to one end of an arm is, pivoted to the beams Aand B, while to the other end of one of the said arms is, is secured thewedge shaped lever L. The free end of the wedge shaped lever L, engagesthecam face of the sprocket wheel M, slidably secured on the end of thefeed shaft N, and by having the leverL pressed. downbetween the sprocketwheel and the clutch Z, on the same end of the feed shaft, causes thesaid sprocket wheel M, to disengage the said clutch Z, and when thelever L, is raised, the sprocket wheel is forced back into engagementwith the clutch by means of the spiral spring at, on the outer end ofthe feed shaft. The roller F, is provided with a sprocket wheel M, whichis connected to, and operates the sprocket wheel M, by means of a drivechain M Having described the location of the several parts of themachine and their relation to each other, we will now describe the formor construction of the most important parts of the machine.

The rollers F and F are cast hollow, and as thin as possible, with aseries of apertures m, to receive the teats or small projections 0, uponthe inner side of the rings 0, when such rings are placed in position onthe rollers to complete the latter. The rings are so placed 9 upon therollers that they will come opposite to or in line with the plows, so asto rolldown the earth in the furrows made by the plows. The rings 0, aremade in two parts and oined together as particularly shown in Fig.

5 of the drawings. One or more rings may be removed from the rolleraccording to the number of plows employed.

Referring to the hopper G, its bottom P, has a series of rectangularseed exits p, and upon this bottom is secured a piece Q, extending fromthe front of the hopper to the rear edge of the said exits p. The rearedge of the piece Q, has downwardly slanting notches q, larger at thetop than at the bottom for the purpose of guiding the seed down to theexits. The feed shaftN has alternate round and square portions, R, andr,respectively, while its ends which have their hearing in the ends ofthe hopper G, are round. The square portions '1', of the shaft N, workin the notches q, while the projections between the said notches projectout near enough to the round portions R, of the shaft, to keep the seedwell agitated as the shaft is revolved. The cut off S, is slidablysecured upon the outside bottom of the hopper and has a series ofapertures which register with the seed exits p, when the machine isseeding, and when it is desired to cut off the seed, the cut off handlever s, is pulled, which causes the cut off S, to slide and close theexits 19.

The operation of this character of machines is so well known that todescribe this, seems unnecessary, but the operation of the automaticmechanism for raising the plows and at the same time preventing the feedshaft from revolving is as follows: It often becomes necessary to skipover stumps or large rocks while operating such machines whichordinarily causes great loss of seed and often disables the machine,toavoid this, the hand lever g, is pressed down, which automaticallyraises the plows and forces the wedge lever in between the sprocketwheel M, and the clutch on the feed shaft, absolutely disengaging thesaid wheel and clutch, which immediately stops the feed shaft, the cutoff lever is pulled, closing the seed exits, and thus preventing anywaste of grain or seed in passing over or around stumps, &c. As soon asthe hand lever g, is released, the wedge lever will disengage the wheeland clutch, and the spiral spring on the outer end of the feed shaftwill push the said wheel into engagement with the said clutch, and thefeed shaft will be revolved as usual; while the out off lever is pushedwhich causes the seed exits to be opened.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a seeding machine, of the seed feeding shaft havingalternate square and round portions, the clutch secured to the shaft,the spiral spring also secured upon the shaft, the sprocket wheel havinga cam face, and slidably secured to the said shaft between the clutchand spring, and adapted to be kept in engagement with the said clutch bythe pressure of the said spring, and means such as shown for disengagingthe wheel and clutch, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands in the presence of twowitnesses.

GABRIEL W. CROSSLEY. JOHN W. STOUT. WILLIAM RIGDON. Witnesses:

OTHO BUZZARD, R. W. Prr'rs.

